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commit polytheism after your departure?’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘Yes, but they will not worship the moon, sun, stones or idols, rather they will show off in their deeds, and concealed desire is that a man will fast in the morning but then break his fast to satisfy a desire.’
(Al-Musnad lil Imām Aḥmad Bin Ḥanbal, vol. 6, pp. 77, Ḥadīš 17120)
Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَـنَّان wrote: (He will fast in the morning but then break it to satisfy a desire) meaning: He would have started his fast but then if he received an invitation for a good meal or someone offered him some juice or drink, he would break his fast for that food or drink, or he intended that he would fast today but when he saw delicious things, his intentions changed merely because of his Nafs and desires. (Mirāt-ul-Manājīḥ, vol. 7, pp. 142)
1. If you start a Nafl (voluntary) fast deliberately then it is Wājib to complete it. If you break it then it is Wājib for you to repeat this fast (do Qaḍā). (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 411)
2. Breaking a Nafl fast unnecessarily is impermissible. If you are a fasting host and your guest will feel upset if you do not participate in the meal with him, or if a host will be upset if his fasting guest does not eat then this is a valid reason to break a Nafl fast, with the condition that he is sure that he can repeat that fast at a later date, and it is a condition for him to break this fast before Ḍaḥwā Kubrā [midday], he cannot break the fast after this. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, Rad-ul-Mukhtār vol. 3, pp. 413)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
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